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Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
QRS #widening #ECG ... #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used ... CHF also causes ... failure is chronic Drug ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Temp • ACS • Drugs ... • His-Purkinje Fiber ... Heart block Medications ... #causes #cardiology
Drug-Induced Urinary Retention

Drug-induced urinary retention is very common and can be caused by many classes of
caused by many classes ... of medication. ... hypertrophy, but should ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... What we should be ... circulation If drugs ... Alcohol • Type B2: Drugs ... - HIV/HAART medications
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential Diagnosis ... segments and T waves should ... Sodium-channel blocking drugs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
by 24 hours or longer ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... /Drug toxicity, ... count in the CSF should ... • EEG: With persistent
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
extubation, as it should ... A dissociative drug ... , it causes amnesia ... No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... PALPITATIONS: Medications ... • Serotonergic drugs ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Bradycardia in theatre should ... Consider known drug ... causes (eg. remifentanil ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... Management #Workup #Cardiology